The Adrian First Baptist Church is pleased to offer this scholarship opportunity to students residing in the Adrian School District. George Black was a graduate of Adrian High School and a longtime member of the First Baptist Church. This scholarship honors his faithfulness to Jesus and generosity to our community. You can read more about George Black in his biography below.
The GBMS is a one-time $1000 scholarship awarded to two Adrian-area graduating seniors each school year. Reflecting George’s love for computers and programming, one scholarship is offered to a student entering a STEM field; and reflecting George’s amateur radio hobby, one scholarship is awarded to a student entering a communication arts field.
Eligible students are high school seniors on track to graduate who live in the Adrian, MO, school district. This includes public school, private school, and homeschool students. The deadline to apply is the end of the day on March 1. Applications received after this deadline will not be considered.
For full requirements and application, please follow the link for the scholarship application. If you have questions about the scholarship, please contact the church office.
George Black Biography
George Black, was born in 1934 in La Cygne, Kansas. He grew up and spent the first 28 years of his life on the family farm seven miles Northwest of Adrian. At the age of 13, he trusted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior, becoming a member of the First Baptist Church of Adrian; and later, was active as a Sunday school teacher and Sunday School Superintendent until becoming disabled in 1961. After attending Buckhorn, a one room grade school, and graduating from Adrian High School in 1951, he began farming with his father and at his fathers’ death in 1953, taking over complete operation of the family farm. In 1961, he became ill with Transverse Myelitis which left him paralyzed from the waist down. This ended his career of farming. After the sale of the family farm, he and his mother moved into Adrian in 1963, and he continued to live on East Main Street after his mothers’ death in 1993.
In 1965, he became interested in electronics. After completing electronics schooling with The National Radio Institute and RCA Institute in 1966, he began servicing small electronic equipment and appliances in his home, continuing until 1986. He also began studying the International Morse Code and became proficient enough to pass the Federal Communications Commission examinations for a Technician Class Amateur Radio Operators license in March 1969, upgrading to Advanced Class that same year. Going on the air with his first station he operated and continued studying to eventually qualify for the highest class Amateur Radio Operator license issued by the Federal Government, the Amateur Extra Class license.
He also became interested in Computers in 1984, frequently updating his equipment to keep up with technology. He was self-taught in Basic programming, writing several programs, some of which, pertaining to Amateur Radio, were published in CQ Magazine. To carry on with his life and business, he also learned how to use word processors, spreadsheets, and other various programs. Thanks to his 6 wheel all-terrain vehicle he was able to get out and enjoy nature and do a little target shooting, another one of his hobbies.
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